Part 48 (1/2)

in Pine Mountain was just a phase for her or something. Or Looking for You All My Life79

maybe he'd hoped Chloe's old boyfriend, Aaron Jackson,

was going to knock me Out of the running.” He sighed. ”The

- MN date was Chloe's idea. She has always dreamed of a New

Year's Eve wedding, but we didn't know if we wan?ed to

-~wait for a whole year.” Was Scott blus.h.i.+ng beneath that

smooth olive skin?

”And what does your family think about all this?” asked

Maggie.

”As you can imagine, they're totally thrilled. You know

how much they all love Chloe. Mom keeps bragging that

she's the one who discovered her for me in the first place.”

He laughed.

I”So Chloe must be up to her eyebrows in wedding

plans,” said Maggie. ”I cannot imagine how you two are

going to pull this thing off so soon.”

”Well, it helps that we have both decided we want a

small, intimate wedding-right here in Pine Mountain.”

”Oh, won't that be nice,” gushed Abigail. ”If there's any-

thing I can do to hel~with flowers or decorations or any-

thing, you just tell Chloe to give me a call.”

”Same here,” offered Maggie. ”And I know my mother

would be glad to help too. She's quite fond of you two.”

”Thanks,” said Scott, seemingly relieved. ”Chloe said she

wants to keep everything simple. She's been involved in

plenty of high society weddings and she thinks they're